Relief picture and frame



(No Mod e1.)

J. W. EOKER.

V RELIEF PICTURE-AND FRAME. No. 367,899. Patented Aug. 9,, 188.7

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UNITED STAT S PATENT ()FFICE.

JOHN IV. ECKER, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

RELIEF PlCTURE AND FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part oiLet'ters Patent No. 367,899, dated August 9, 1887.

Application filed September 15, 1886. Serial No. 213,594. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN XV. EGKER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Oakland, county of Alameda, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Relief Pictures and Frames,-

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in high-relief pictures and frames, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a front elevation Fig; 2, a section cut vertically through the dotted line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal seotiouof a modified construction, in which the chamber is hinged to one of the sides of the frame instead of at the top, as in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a detached part shown in section.

The following is the construction of the same.

'1 form the outer frame, A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in any neat design for a pic ture-frame, of suitable thin molding put together like an ordinary picture-frame, or I press it out ofpapier-mach or other suitable substance or composition. I also form the picture-chamber B of wood or other light, strong, and durable material. When pressed or stamped out, I generally form it without sharp angles; but when formed of wood I make a kind of shallow angular box, as shown in Fig. 2. I hinge the box 13 (which forms the picture-chamber) at O. I attach the catch D to the frame. at D. I form the latch E of any metal or other suitable material in comncatness, and durability. I attach the fulcrum or pivot of the latch E at F. I place the picture L, comprising that shown in Fig. 1, except the trees G, H, I, and J, and the hillock K, curving back from the sides, as shown. I employ oilpaintings or chromos for the picture L. I generally curve the picture L out at the sides until they touch the inside of the frame. I then color the foreground to correspond with the painting or picture L. trees G, H, I, and J and hillock K, or any suitable figures such as artificial shrubs or trees, or snow or water scenes, or ice, or hu- I form the foreground by placing the man or animal figures-to extend out to the glass M. (Shown in Figs. 2 and 3.) I then attach the shrubs, trees, or other objects forming the foreground with glue or cement or other suitable adhesive substance; I employ the material usually employed for representing snow, ice, water, and other objects. Automatically-moving objects may also be employedsuch as a human figure walking in the foreground,which can bercadily operated for hours by means of a spring without winding thesame. I attach the catch D firmly to the front frame, A, and the latch E, I pivot at F to the back frame, B, which forms the 'pictu rechamber. The spring S holds the latch E to keep the chamber or back frame, B, sccurel y closed to the front frame, A.

The following is the operation of my combined high-relief pictures, Having attached the frame or shallow box B to the frame A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, by means of'hinges O, and curved or bent the picture L out at the sides, and pressed the body of the same back smoothly against the back of the picturechamber B, I proceed to place the objects such as trees, shrubs, rocks, or other objects of the character of those represented by the trees G H I J, and the hillock K-and put in the earth, grass, and other material forming the foreground, coloring and blending them carefully to correspond with the picture in color and perspective effect, so that it is difficult to determine the point where the original .picture leaves off and the real objects forming theimmediate foreground commence. Thus having completed the whole, I close the picture-chamber B against the frame A, the latch E catching into the catch D and holding the frame firmly together by means of the spring S. Whenever it is required to open thesame for any purpose, thelatch E is pressed, freeing the same from the catch D, thus allowing the picture-chamber B to swing out freely from the frame A.

I do not confine myself to the exact construction described, as it may be varied without changing the principle of the invention; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 7 In high-relief pictures, the box or picture chamber B, in combination with the frame A, extending back and hiding the picture-chamber 13, by means of the hinges O, the latch E, pivoted at F and operated by the spring S, and the catch D, for the purpose of combining, paintings, cllromos, or other pictures with Objects representing earth, trees, shrubhery, rocks, Water, ice, snow, and other natural 01)- jects, and producing the perspective effect of to the high-relief picture described, constructed, and operated substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

.TO UN \V. ECKER.

\Vitnesses:

J OHN II. Rnns'ronn, L. E. REDSTONE. 

